Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,147B 19.98B 17.42B 16.41B 14.94B 28.02B 1,914B 28.05B 197B 75.74B 975B 75.06B 73.4B P/E 2026 *
22.5x
P/E 2027 * 20.9x
Enterprise Value 2,958B 18.78B 16.38B 15.43B 14.05B 26.34B 1,800B 26.37B 185B 71.2B 917B 70.56B 69B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.64x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.56x
Free-Float
97.69%
Yield 2026 *
2.25%
Yield 2027 * 2.29%
1 day-0.43%
1 week+2.69%
Current month-4.48%
1 month-2.11%
3 months+12.18%
6 months+15.61%
Current year+11.10%
1 week 3,422
Extreme 3422
3,500
1 month 3,360
Extreme 3360
3,699
Current year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,782
1 year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,782
3 years 2,620
Extreme 2620
3,782
5 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
3,782
10 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
4,693.5
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 66 01/04/1990
Director of Finance/CFO 66 01/01/2021
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 24/03/2023
Director/Board Member 66 01/03/2016
Director/Board Member 65 25/03/2022
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-0.43%+2.69%+4.38%+24.59% 20.05B
+0.11%+0.22%-4.33%-3.74% 340B
+0.47%-1.16%-7.91%-0.20% 133B
-1.49%-1.99%+8.54%+17.65% 69.73B
+0.78%+1.04%-23.93%-21.07% 47.31B
+0.71%-1.20%+4.27%-15.09% 34.21B
+1.87%-3.15%+9.01%-34.89% 33.8B
+0.30%-0.32%-16.23%-40.95% 18.58B
+0.27%-1.80%+9.47%+11.05% 17.98B
-1.42%+0.29%-29.98%-12.38% 9.38B
Average +0.12%+0.56%-4.67%-7.50% 72.41B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.11%+0.70%-4.05%-4.07%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,806B 11.47B 10B 9.42B 8.58B 16.08B 1,099B 16.1B 113B 43.48B 560B 43.09B 42.13B 1,874B 11.9B 10.37B 9.77B 8.9B 16.68B 1,140B 16.7B 117B 45.1B 581B 44.69B 43.7B
Net income 139B 880M 767M 722M 658M 1.23B 84.27B 1.23B 8.65B 3.33B 42.92B 3.3B 3.23B 148B 939M 819M 771M 702M 1.32B 89.97B 1.32B 9.24B 3.56B 45.83B 3.53B 3.45B
Net Debt -189B -1.2B -1.04B -983M -895M -1.68B -115B -1.68B -11.77B -4.54B -58.43B -4.5B -4.4B -225B -1.43B -1.24B -1.17B -1.07B -2B -137B -2B -14.02B -5.4B -69.59B -5.36B -5.24B
Logo Kao Corporation
Kao Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of consumer products and chemical products. The Company operates in five business segments. The Hygiene & Living Care segment provides fabric care products, home care products, and sanitary products. The Health & Beauty Care segment provides skin care products, hair care products, and personal health products. The Life Care segment is mainly involved in the provision of commercial hygiene products, health drinks and other life care products. The Cosmetic segment produces counseling cosmetics and self-cosmetics. The above four business segments are included in the consumer products business. Chemical segment provides oil and fat products, such as oleochemical alcohols, oleochemical amines, fatty acids, and edible oils and fats for commercial use, functional material products, such as surfactants, additives for plastics, and high-performance water reducers for concrete, as well as specialty chemicals products.
Employees
31,514
Date Price Change Volume
18/09/26 JPY 3,478.00 -0.43% 3,360,800
17/09/26 JPY 3,493.00 +1.66% 2,292,200
16/09/26 JPY 3,436.00 -0.20% 1,683,600
15/09/26 JPY 3,443.00 -0.35% 1,951,800
14/09/26 JPY 3,455.00 +2.01% 2,130,400
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,478.00JPY
Average target price
4,038.46JPY
Spread / Average Target
+16.11%

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